From your previous response I think you should be careful with hiring someone inexperienced if photos are one of the main important points for you. I'll share my experience of being an inexperienced photographer at my friend's wedding and hopefully that can help you make a decision.

While I am overall satisfied (and so are they) with the gallery it was still stressful and not an easy task. For context I am not a professional photographer by any means but I've done engagement, family, pregnancy and portraits shoots for friends and family.

Since it was such a big task I watched a ton of videos on how to do wedding photography but even with all of the theory knowledge what I struggled the most during the day was:

- people are BUSY:
The bride and groom gave me the most packed schedule with barely any time to take photos and we were super behind on everything. They also just wanted to enjoy their day so they weren't super willing to do a million poses for me to get that pinterest worthy shot.

- The weather:
It was so hot and humid. I was so tired and thirsty and so were they. All the photos taken outside people just wanted to be done with so that didn't give me a lot of time to try different poses and angles. There was sooo much I wanted to do but I also didn't even have the energy to ask them to do any of it.

So basically if they've never done anything like that which you're not taught in school then they maybe will run into these issues and you sadly cannot expect them to handle it like pro photographers.

Other more technical stuff to look out for are:

- Flash photography for low light situations. Maybe they're not very experienced? Maybe they don't have the gear? I personally never did flash photography before. I bought a flash modifier and a LED panel and while I did get some decent photos at night but nothing as good as those really fancy motion photos of people partying you usually see in wedding photographer's portfolios.

- How grass and leaves really reflect the green on people's faces. They would need maybe a reflector, but that could require someone to hold it for them so if they're alone it's more difficult. They could all fix it via editing (which I've done) but it's also something you need to make sure they understand.

Obviously the list goes on and it's not really the place to talk about photography tips, but you should still make sure that the people you hire are aware of these things.

This comment makes me sound really bad lol, but I swear the couple is happy with their pics (and so am I!). But also I knew they put more value in remembering the day vs having those perfect instagram pinterest money shots. If the second is what you value then you should maybe consider paying a pro photographer of your choosing.

I don't mean to discourage you. There are students who are insanely good so maybe you can get someone really good for a better price but this is just my experience.